Terracotta Army

The Terracotta Army was worth the visit.    The history behind their creation was interesting and going to that extent to protect a tomb
seems rather excessive.  Apparently the Emperor had all the workers knocked off so no one would know about them - hence no record in history up until their discovery in 1974 by a farmer Mr Yang - 'who is a national treasure' - (he was there the day we went). We did chuckle at a couple of chairs among the warriors - maybe they though the warriors needed a rest after standing for so long :-} The walk out was like going thru a mine field - all the crap etc and hawkers who seem to come standard with any famous site now
Xi'an - the gateway city was a bit grim apart from a massive defensive wall around the old city. It did snow while we were there, not quite a white Christmas, but it was close.  We have tried to get a local SIM card but it seems to be impossible in China to buy a pre-paid card, so will have to wait till we get to Vietnam - hopefully.